Alberta's Social Services Minister Jason Nixon told reporters on Friday provinces are best equipped to deal with local housing issues.
WATCH: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ’s cross Canada pre-budget tour stopped in Calgary Friday. The flurry of announcements to support the construction of new homes and rentals comes as the cost of rent continues to soar in Calgary. Adam MacVicar has more.The Alberta government is considering new legislation to prevent the federal government from going directly to municipalities and providing funding for projects such as housing and transit.
“We are also quite shocked to see that the federal government is still not responding to the request from the province to work with us in a serious way, and continuing to bypass the provincial government to work with municipalities, which is clearly our jurisdiction.”Nixon also said the federal government does not understand housing problems in rural municipalities or Indigenous nations across Alberta.
“We continue to see disproportional amounts of investment, primarily with Calgary and Edmonton, who need it … But there are no serious investments in rural Alberta and Indigenous nations, which is a very serious question that we see taking place in this country,” Nixon said. “Me and my friend are going to move in together. We’re trying to find a place, but we’ve been looking for months … It’s competitive, and people are trying to pay more than what the asking price is or when you go to view a place, there’s 20 people who are showing up all at the exact same time,” Doering-Griffen told Global News.
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